Example sentences of "crucial [noun sg] is [conj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 A crucial question is whether Britain 's small information-technology companies will ever grow big .
2 The crucial point is that rewards are important in determining an individual 's life-chances ; in other words , inequalities of reward are accompanied by and produce inequalities in all areas of life : conditions at work , health , housing , education , mortality , and justice .
3 The crucial difference is that Marx emphasised the first element , while Weber emphasised the second .
4 The most promising such theory is the theory of ‘ mental models ’ , whose crucial insight is that readers extract from a text a ‘ model ’ of the situation in the ‘ real or imaginary ) world that the text is about .
5 The crucial factor is whether technology provides new jobs at a higher rate in new activities than it eliminates in older industry .
6 The crucial factor is that boys and girls must be given equal choice .
7 The crucial factor is that Russia and the other republics should be eligible for macroeconomic aid on an IMF basis .
8 And finally , her particular motive for deception is surely not far to seek : the crucial consideration is that Nietzsche 's relationship with Wagner , with which the genesis of the book is bound up , was for her a sensitive issue in which her brother 's reputation was particularly at stake .
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